Abbas Signals Flexibility on Palestinian Refugees

Ramallah, West Bank—Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he had no desire to flood Israel with refugees, signaling a possible compromise on a long-standing Palestinian demand for a "right of return" to lands left during the 1948 war of Israeli independence.

Addressing some 300 young Israeli political activists visiting the Palestinian presidential headquarters in Ramallah, Mr. Abbas described the position on refugees as one of several concessions he had already committed to in peace negotiations. The...